Git Tags - what, why, when and how

Git TAGS - What | Why | When | How
Today We will learn: -------------------------------
1. What are tags / releases
2. Why should i create TAGs
3. When to create TAGs
4. How to create TAGs in git

create | show | publish | delete

Step 1:
Checkout the branch where you want to create the tag
git checkout "branch name"
example : git checkout master
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Step 2:
Create tag with some name
git tag "tag name"
example : git tag v1.0
git tag -a v1.0 -m "ver 1 of .." (to create annotated tags)
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Step 3:
Display or Show tags
git tag
git show v1.0
git tag -l “v1.*”
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Step 4:
Push tags to remote
git push origin v1.0
git push origin --tags
git push --tags (to push all tags at once)
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Step 5:
Delete tags (if required only) to delete tags from local :
git tag -d v1.0
git tag --delete v1.0

to delete tags from remote :
git push origin -d v1.0
git push origin --delete v1.0
git push origin :v1.0
to delete multiple tags at once:
git tag -d v1.0 v1.1 (local)
git push origin -d v1.0 v1.1 (remote)


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Checking out TAGS

 We cannot checkout tags in git
We can create a branch from a tag and checkout the branch
git checkout -b "branch name" "tag name" example :
git checkout -b ReleaseVer1 v1.0
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Creating TAGS from past commits
git tag "tag name" "reference of commit"
example : git tag v1.2 5fcdb03




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